Exam 2 Flashcards

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R brain (L hemi) behavioral differences

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Unilateral neglect L visual field Impulsive, poor judgment Overestimate abilities, unaware of impairments

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Autonomic, behavior arrest, cognitive, emotional

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Focal non-motor

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3
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Dementia: What are the different %’s

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70% Alzheimer’s type 20% vascular (ischemic stroke: memory, cognition, social function)

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4
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Weber test

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-Sound lateralization/localization -Tuning fork on middle of head

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5
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Cardinal features of PD

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Rigidity, bradykinesia, resting tremor, postural instability (Trunk flexors > extensors), shuffle gait, festinating gait

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Severity and duration of comas represented by:

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Glasgow coma scale: 3-8: Severe head injury; coma 9-12: Moderate head injury; 9-10=coming out of coma 13-15: Mild head injury

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7
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PT management peripheral vestibular dysfunction

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  • BPPV: Positional treatment
  • UVH/BVH: Gaze stability, gait, balance, habituation
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L brain (R hemi) behavioral differences

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Difficult communications (Aphasia) Negative, anxious, slow, careful Aware of impairments

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9
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Most common subtype of GBS:

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AIDP

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10
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Divergence

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Simultaneous outward movement of both eyes

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CN IX and X

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-Glossopharyngeal, Vagus -Gag reflex, swallow, taste

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Strabismus

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-Eye misalignment -Lack of coordination between extraocular muscles -Exotropia, Esotropia, Amblyopia

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13
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Injuries that cause cortical visual impairment

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Stroke, TBI, seizure, hydrocephalus

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14
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Saccule

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Vertical acceleration

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15
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Classifications of head trauma

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-Primary: skull fx; gray matter contusion, diffuse white matter dmg -Secondary: Anoxia; swelling/ICP hematoma -Open: penetration, dura compromised -Closed: non-penetration; dura uncompromised

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16
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Describe the development of the nervous system in infants and children:

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All neurons present, but not all connections are made Nervous system sensitive to insults

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17
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Consensual reflex

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constrict in response to light in other eye

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18
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Presbyopia

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-Farsighted -Not a corneal problem -Lens can’t focus -Lost lens elasticity -Bifocal lenses

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Metastatic brain tumors:

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Primary: Brain–>elsewhere Secondary: Elsewhere–>brain

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20
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What is the frontal lobe of the Cerebrum for?

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Motor cortex: speech, Broca’s, decision making, problem solving, concentration, short-term memory, self-awareness, goal-orientation and drive, emotions and affect

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21
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Aspects of mental status:

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  1. Level of consciousness: aware, orientx3, cooperative 2. Confusion: Inappropriate response, decreased attention 3. Lethargy: Drowsy, gives appropriate responses when aroused 4. Stupor: 1 step before coma, arousal for short period and slowed motor 5. Coma: Decorticate (UE flex, LE ext), Decerebrate (UE ext/IR, PF) 6. Delirium: TBI, withdrawal, confusion, anxiety, impaired memory/attention, illusions
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22
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Eye conditions associated with CP

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Strabismus

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23
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Signs cortical visual impairment

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-Color preference, vision loss, delay to visual stimuli, difficulty visualizing new surroundings, view close objects at close range and odd angles

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24
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Cortical visual impairment

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-Decreased visual response d/t neurological problem affecting occipital cortex

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25
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Eye conditions associated with Hydrocephalus

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  • Double vision, reduced vision, strabismus, amblyopia
  • Sunsetting sign: shunt
  • Increase CSF puts pressure on optic nerve
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26
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What types of body dysfunctions will be seen in Guillian-Berre syndrome?

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Motor, sensory, autonomic

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27
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Describe the development of neurological systems in older adults:

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-No change in cognitive function <60 unless pathology -Decreases in problem solving, short term memory, information process/new concepts -Verbal, inventories, long term memory in-tact

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28
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Medical treatment of Myasthenia gravis:

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AChE inhibitor, thymus removal, immunosuppressant, plasmapheresis

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29
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Cognitive and behavioral changes after TBI measured by:

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Ranchos Los amigos

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30
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Medical treatment for post-polio

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Treatment and lifestyle modification, surgery/tendon transfer

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31
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Clinical features peripheral vestibular dysfunction

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Normal smooth pursuit and saccades, positions bring nystagmus, hearing loss, mild ataxia, intense vertigo suppressed by visual fixation, slow and fast nystagmus, N/V

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32
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what is the parietal lobe of Cerebrum for?

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Receive and process information

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33
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Rinne’s test

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  • Tuning fork on mastoid
  • Tuning fork by ear
  • Ear time should be 2x longer than mastoid time
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34
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Peripheral vestibular dysfunction mechanisms

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Mechanical

Decreased receptor input

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35
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CN XII

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  • Hypoglossal
  • Tongue movement and strength
  • Tongue deviates toward weak side
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36
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Clinical features of Myasthenia gravis

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Ptosis of eyelids, double vision, difficulty holding head upright, difficulty chewing meat or swallowing

Proximal weakness > distal

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37
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Meniere’s disease

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  • Inner ear disorder
  • Too much fluid
  • Vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss
  • Low Na, avoid caffeine/alcohol, diuretics
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38
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S/S MS:

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Paresthesias, paresis, paralysis, spastic, fatigue, worsening vision, dysarthria, depression, bowel/bladder, sexual dysfunction

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39
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Retinal detachment

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  • Retina pulls away
  • Floaters, flashes of light, curtain
  • Air or gas injection
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40
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PERRLA

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Pupils equal

Round

Reactive to Light

responsive to Accommodation

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41
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Pupillary reflex

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constrict in response to light

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42
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Retinoblastoma

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  • Cancerous tumor of retina
  • Child <6
  • White pupil
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43
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Eye conditions associated with Fetal alcohol syndrome

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-Refractive errors and strabismus

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44
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What to do during autonomic dysreflexia:

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Sit pt up, check catheter or other irritants, get help if doesn’t subside

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45
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Medical treatment of GBS:

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IVIg, plasmapheresis

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46
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Treatment of Retinoblastoma

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  • Laser therapy 1st
  • Chemo and radiation after
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47
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Mechanical peripheral vestibular dysfunction

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  • BPPV: Otoconia misplaced
  • Canalithiasis: otoconia float free
  • Cupololithiasis: Otoconia adhere
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48
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Features of post-polio

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Decreased strength, myalgia, jt pain, increased atrophy and fatigue

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49
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Modified Ashworth Scale

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0: No increase
1: Catch and release

1+: catch with min resistance through rest

2: Increase through ROM but easily moved
3: Passive movement difficult
4: Rigid flexion or extension

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50
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Automatisms, atonic, clonic, spasms, hyperkinetic

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Focal motor

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51
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Physical Therapy and Myasthenia gravis:

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Energy conservation techniques, isometric strength training, frequent rest

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52
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Pathology of PD

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Substantia nigra stops making dopamine

53
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Diagnosis of MS

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History, clinical findings, MRI (>2 lesions), CSF (elevated immunoglob), evoked potentials

54
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Common TBI caused throughout the ages

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0-4: shaken baby; falls

15-24: MVA

65+: falls

55
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Post-polio

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NM symptoms after polio, muscle fibers too stressed and retract, often will only be seen in >65 yoa

56
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Utricle

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Horizontal acceleration

57
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CN I

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  • Olfactory
  • Smell
  • test each nostril separately
58
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Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)

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  • Stabilize images in center of visual field
  • Eye movement opposite head movement
59
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Most common SCIs:

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C5-C7; T12-L2

60
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Otoliths

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Linear acceleration and gravity

61
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Subtypes of GBS:

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AIDP, AMAN, ASAN, CIDP, Miller fisher (ataxia)

62
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Broca’s area location

Wernicke’s area location

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Broca’s: frontal lobe

Wernicke’s: temporal lobe

63
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Most common form of PD:

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Parkinsonism affecting BG

64
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CN V

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  • Trigeminal
  • Face sensation: cotton ball
  • Clench teeth: palpate masseter
  • Corneal: cotton ball to eye
65
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Etiology of central vestibular dysfunction

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UMN, stroke, TIA, MS, trauma

66
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Clinical findings of SCI

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S/M impairment, spastic, orthostatic HTN, autonomic dysfunction (C3 and above require respirator), bowel/bladder/sex dysfunction

67
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Rinne’s test meaning

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  • Normal: air conduction 2x bone
  • Conductive: Bone conduction longer or equal
  • Sensorineural: air conduction longer but not 2x
68
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S/S brain tumors:

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Seizures, focal weakness, cognitive changes, behavioral changes

Interrupts sleep or worse upon wakening, elicited by postural changes, cough, sneeze, different than previous headache

69
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Limb weakness in Guillian-Berre syndrome vs Myasthenia Gravis

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Guillian-Berre syndrome: Distal weakness > proximal

Myasthenia gravis: Proximal weakness > distal

70
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Goals for brain tumors

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QOL; allow for changes in pt status

71
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Saccades

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Quick, simultaneous movements of both eyes in same direction

72
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Anxiety:

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Most common psychiatric disease

Anxiety/fear interacting with personal social and occupation function

Sweating, dizzy, restless fatigue

73
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Clinical features central vestibular dysfunction

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Abnormal smooth pursuit or saccadic eye movements, diplopia, altered conscious, severe ataxia, slight vertigo not suppressed by visual fixation, vertical nystagmus, oscillate at equal speeds

74
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Guillian-Berre Syndrome

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Autoimmune disease of acute inflammatory demyelination polyneuropathy that attacks myelin

75
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What direction does endolymph move

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Opposite direction of head movements

76
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What are the different seizure disorders?

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  • Mechanical: birth injury, head trauma, tumor, stroke
  • Metabolic: Electrolyte, glucose, metabolism error
  • Genetic: familial neonatal seizures, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
  • Other: fever, infection
77
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Course of GBS:

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Onset–>peak: 4 wks

Recovery: 2 yrs

Ambulation: ~6 mos

78
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what is the temporal lobe of cerebrum for?

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Perception and interpretation of sounds, comprehension (wernickes), integration behavior, emotion, personality, long-term memory

79
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Myopia

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  • Nearsighted
  • Cornea excessively curved or eye is too long
  • light in front of retina
80
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Autonomic dysreflexia

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Pathological lesion if above T6;

Results in Increased BP and no vasodilation, bradycardia, severe pounding headache, Increased spasticity

81
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Describe the development of neurological systems in infants and children:

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  • All neurons present but not all connections are made
  • Nerves are sensitive to insults
82
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Vestibulospinal reflex

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Control of postural muscles to stabilize body/head in upright position

83
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Sudden, excess, abnormal electrical discharge of aggregates of neurons in brain

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Seizures

84
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Describe the development of the nervous system in older adults:

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  • No change in cognitive function <60 unless pathology
  • Decrease in problem solving, short-term memory, information processing and new concepts
  • In-tact verbal, inventories, and long term memory
85
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4 types of MS:

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  • Relapse remit: Best prognosis
  • Secondary progressive
  • Primary progressive: Poor prognosis
  • Progressive relapse
86
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Weber test meaning

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  • Normal: equal in both ears
  • Conductive: Sound more toward poor ear
  • Sensorineural: sound more toward good ear
87
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Eye conditions associated with Down Syndrome

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  • Refractive errors
  • Strabismus
  • Presbyopia
  • Nystagmus
  • Cataracts
88
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Nystagmus

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  • Involuntary eye movement part of VOR
  • Smooth pursuit in 1 direction
  • Saccadic movement in other direction
89
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Convergence

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Simultaneous inward movement of both eyes

90
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Schizophrenia:

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Onset: early adolescence, early adulthood

Severe persistent, psychotic syndromes resulting in detaching from reality

S/S: hallucinations, paranoid, inappropriate affect

91
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Describe the development of the nervous system in adolescents:

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Continued intellectual maturation, develop abstract thinking, judgment, and values

92
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Semicircular canal

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Angular acceleration

93
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Retinopathy of prematurity

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  • Infants <3lb5oz
  • Retina BVs grow in abnormal fashion causing damage
  • Spontaneous resolvement
94
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What is the brainstem involved with?

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reticular activation system, consciousness

95
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Glaucoma

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  • High pressure damage optic nerve
  • Tunnel vision

-Medication, laser therapy, surgery

96
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Where are lesions found in Guillian-Berre Syndrome

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PNS from Spinal n roots to distal motor and sensory

97
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Hyperopia

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  • Farsighted
  • Insufficient curvature or eye is too short
  • light behind retina
98
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Changes to the brain d/t Alzheimers disease:

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Plaques: collection of protein outside the brain

Tangles: Protein twists in abnormal twists in brain

99
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3 sensory systems that contribute to balance?

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Vestibular, vision, somatosensory/proprioception

100
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Decreased receptor input peripheral vestibular dysfunction

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UVH BVH: habituation

101
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Age related conditions

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Cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment

102
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PT and GBS

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Prevent complications from immobilization, don’t overfatigue, maintain ROM, monitor strength, skin, educate, orthotics

103
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Why do we assess mental health?

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Design best POC, safety, writing goals, referring, communication style

104
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Describe the development of neurological systems in adolescents:

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  • Continued intellectual maturation
  • Abstract thinking
  • Judgment d/t education, intelligence, experience
  • Values
105
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PT and post-polio

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  • General conditioning, don’t fatigue
  • Energy conservation techniques, orthotics
106
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Recurrent seizures caused by genetics, TBI, stroke, brain tumor, CP, infectious diseases, or unknown

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Epilepsy

107
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PT management for Central vestibular dysfunction

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  • Educate on safety and fall prevention
  • Gait training, balance, habituation
108
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Clinical features of GBS:

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Ascend symmetrical: Motor and sensory impairments and autonomic symptoms, proximal weakness > distal, LE before UE, CN’s, No DTRs, Paresthesias, BP. HR, fatigue

109
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Macular degeneration

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  • Tissue for center of visual field deteriorates
  • Medication, laser therapy, surgery
  • Dry
  • Wet: fluid/blood into macula
110
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CN VIII

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  • Vestibulococchlear
  • Rinne’s
  • Weber
111
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Most common primary brain tumor

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Glioma Glioblastoma: poor prognosis

112
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CN II

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  • Optic
  • Visual acuity
  • Snellen wall chart (20/20)
  • test each eye separate
113
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Accomodation/convergence reflex

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Pupil should constrict when finger is brought to nose

114
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CN III, IV, VI

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  • Oculomotor, Trochlear, Abducens
  • CN VI: Lateral rectus AB
  • CN IV: Superior oblque down/in
  • CN III: rest of eye muscles
115
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Classification of seizures:

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Focal (1 side)–>aware or non-aware–>motor or non-motor Generalized (diff. segments)–>motor or non-motor Unknown–>Motor or non-motor

116
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What we assess for mental status in patients

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History, physical appearance/behavior, cognitive function, speech/language, emotional stability

117
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Chronic autoimmune inflammatory demyelination of CNS white matter; severing axons causing conduction block and LOF

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MS

118
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Mania:

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Elevated/euphoric or irritable/agitated mood >1wk Hyper, over confident, exaggerated self image, decreased need for sleep, poor social judgment

119
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Astigmatism

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-Asymmetrical eye -Multiple focal points -Near and far blurry

120
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Cataracts

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-Clouding of lens, blurry, night blind, fading/yellow colors -Surgery

121
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How to determine neurological levels for Sensory and Motor

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Sensory: last normal dermatome Motor: Last normal myotome w/ 3/5

122
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Amblyopia

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-Lazy eye -Decrease vision in 1 eye -Brain favors strong eye

123
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CN VII

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-Facial -Wrinkle forehead -Close eyes -Show teeth -Puff cheeks

124
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Myasthenia gravis:

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Autoimmune motor end plate disease causing decreased AcH receptors; reduced efficiency of neuromuscular transmission and easily fatigue able muscle activity

125
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CN XI

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-Accessory -Upper trap and SCM strength -shrug shoulders and turn head

126
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Types of hematoma

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-Acute epidural: tear meningeal artery between skull and dura mater; fast bleed -Acute subdural: Venous rupture between dura and arachnoid; long bleed over time

127
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Screening for depression:

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-PHQ2: Yes to 2; refer out -Geriatric: >5/10=depression

128
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What is the limbic system involved with?

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mediate behavior for survival (mating, fear, aggression, affection)